President Trump's nominee for Attorney General, Bill Barr, told lawmakers during his confirmation hearings on Tuesday that he was "shocked" after reading anti-Trump text messages between former FBI employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, and that he had never heard of the FBI launching a counterintelligence investigation on a President based on a political decision, as was reported last Friday by the New York Times.

President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney general said on Tuesday he did not believe Special Counsel Robert Mueller would be involved in a "witch hunt," a charge often levied by Trump against the Russia probe that Mueller leads.

As we learn more about what Mueller has against Manafort and what Cohen may tell Congress, Trump's attorney general nominee says the Mueller investigation is not a 'witch hunt.' Peter Baker, Maya Wiley, &amp; Chuck Rosenberg react.